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TCEC Cup 3 – pairings and information

27 Apr, 2019by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

TCEC Cup is coming, with the top 32 engines in a knockout competition

TCEC Season 14 – the 14th Top Chess Engine Championship

12 Mar, 2019by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

Written by Guy Haworth and Nelson Hernandez
Reading, UK and Maryland, USA

Corresponding author: g.haworth@reading.ac.uk

TCEC Season 15 – To A/B or NNot to A/B, That is the Question

05 Mar, 2019by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

Season 15 of the Top Chess Engine Championship will begin this March 5th at 20:00 CET. It will feature a record number of engines to accommodate the booming sector and a record ELO of the participants.

Allie+Stein, the new neural network entering TCEC S15

02 Mar, 2019by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The new neural network entering TCEC Season 15

The TCEC14 Computer Chess Superfinal: a perspective

02 Mar, 2019by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The TCEC14 Computer Chess Superfinal: a perspective
by Matthew Sadler
London, UK

Season 14 has been amazing! The clash of styles between STOCKFISH and LEELA produces consistently interesting chess – just like the match between STOCKFISH and ALPHAZERO did. You really hope that this sort of clash of styles can continue for the next few seasons.

Stockfish continues to dominate computer chess, wins TCEC S14

01 Mar, 2019by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

Stockfish with seven gold medals so far - six titles and a cup

The collection of Stockfish gold medals – six times winner of TCEC and one time winner of the Cup

Tiebreak looming at the TCEC Superfinal

20 Feb, 2019by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

Last November, the classical World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana was an amazing adventure of total equality – twelve consecutive draws and a need for a rapid tiebreak.